Archival materials --- books, articles, magazines, catalogs, reviews, etc. --- both by and about Becky Hendrick can be found in the Special Collections of the University of Texas at El Paso Library.
ART: www.beckyhendrick.com/ www.beckyhendrickfreeideas.com/ beckyhendrickartlife.com
Résumé
EDUCATION
1978 MFA, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1969 BFA, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans LA
1978 MFA, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1969 BFA, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans LA
PROFESSIONAL
2022 Art Lecture, El Paso Museum of Art
2022 Contributor to "The Meaning of Modern Art" by Robyn Jameson
2017-2022 Photographer for Dunbar/Spring Historic Neighborhood annual map
2019 "Show and Tell," Presentation at Tubac Center for the Arts
2019 Photography award, Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission
2019 Presentation for "Black Out," Mississippi Museum of Art
2017 Hosts for the Tucson's Museum of Art's Contemporary Arts Society gallery tour
2016-2107 Juror, Border Art Residency, La Union, NM
2000-2015 Host, Border Art Residency, La Union NM
2013 TEDX weekend presentation, El Paso TX
2013 Reading, El Paso Public Library, Main Branch
2012 Panelist, Women's History Month, University of Texas at El Paso
2010 City of El Paso public art selection committee
2010 State of the Arts interview, KTEP 88.5 FM
2010 Guest for the hour, The Lisa D Show, 1150 AM, El Paso TX
2010 Reviewer, Thames and Hudson Publishing
2010 Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Publishing
2010 Juror, Mesita Elementary School, El Paso TX
2009 Reviewer, Pearson Publishing Company
2009 Juror, El Paso Community College exhibition
2008 Juror, Institute of Arts and Letters exhibition, El Paso TX
2008 Juror, Thombaugh Gallery, Las Cruces NM
2007 HGTV “Rezoned: New Mexico Cantina,” featured w/ house/studio
2006 Slide-lecture: “The Muse Resurrected,” Rubin Center, El Paso TX
2006 Juror, Coronado High School
2005 Presenter, ABC Conference, UTEP, El Paso TX
2003 Panelist, El Paso Museum of Art, True Grit
2002 Featured interview, Open Book, Breakfast with the Arts, A & E Network NY
2002 Panelist: Has Post-Structuralism Gone Too Far? College Art Association Convention, Philadelphia PA
2001 Brown Foundation Grant
2001 Guest speaker and juror, El Paso Art Association
2001 Reading, Barnes and Noble, El Paso TX
2000 Reading, Borders Books, Dallas TX
2000 Guest lecture: Mississippi Museum of Art
2000 Guest lecture: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
2000 Guest lecture: Carlsbad Arts Resources, Carlsbad CA
2000 Gottlieb Foundation Grant (with Willie Ray Parish)
1997 “New American Paintings,” Open Studios Press, Wellesley MA
1996 Juror: Rio Bravo Watercolor Society, El Paso TX
1994 Visiting artist: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
1993 “Artists on Art” lecture series, El Paso Museum of Art
1991 Visiting artist: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
1990 Video feature: KCOS Public Television, El Paso
1988 Award for Arts Criticism, Kansas City Arts Alliance
1988 Writing Across the Curriculum, El Paso Community College
1984 Lilly Foundation Curriculum Development Grant
1983 Gallery director, Anderson University, Anderson IN
1981 Director, Creative Exchange, Jackson Arts Alliance, Jackson MS
1980 NEA Art for Public Spaces Grant, Jackson MS
1973 American Film Institute Fellowship, Kent CT
TEACHING
2002-2013 Lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso
1985-2001 El Paso Community College: Art Appreciation, Drawing, Painting, 2-d design, 3-d design
1985-86 University of Texas at El Paso, Survey of Latin American Art, Introduction to Art
1983-84 Anderson University: Art Appreciation
1981-84 Ball State University: Drawing, Life Drawing, Color Theory, 2-d Design
1980-81 Museum School, Mississippi Museum of Art: Painting, Drawing, Art Survey
1979-80 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Drawing, Life Drawing, 2-d, Design, Art History Survey
1972-77 Callaway High School, Jackson MS
PUBLISHED WRITING
2022 In the Shade of a Dead Palm, lulu.com
2021 In & Out: Free Ideas, lulu.com
2020 Exhibition X: El Museo de Campo, lulu.com
2019 Art, Seriously, lulu.com
2019. Before and After, lulu.com
2019 Said and Done, lulu.com
2018 Pictures; lulu,com
2016 Genesis Revisited, Project and Ideas; lulu.com
2013 Getting It: A Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Art; lulu.com (print and ebook)
2013 Jean Wilkey and Awe, online review
2012 Art Boom! Contemporary Art in El Paso, 1986-2004, lulu.com
2010 Online Reviews: Alice Leora Briggs, Arturo Gardea, James Drake
2009 About and Through the Arts (2nd Edition), Kendall-Hunt Publishing
2005 ________'s Book of Beliefs, iUniverse publishing
2005 About and Through the Arts: Lessons and Activities for Creative Teaching and Learning, (1st edition), Kendall-Hunt
2004 Guest article, El Paso Times
2004 About and Through the Arts (preliminary edition), Kendall-Hunt
2004 “Air Patterns,” Artlies, Houston TX
2004 El Paso Times reviews
2003 “Adrian Esparza,” Artlies, Houston TX
2003 “The Still Point: Kumi Yamashita,” Artlies, Houston TX
2002 Interview, Art Exposure catalog, Kansas City KS
2002 “On the Record,” article, El Paso Inc., El Paso TX
2001 Terese Bauer, review, Artlies, Houston TX
2001 Vincent Burke, review, Artlies, Houston TX
2001 Hands On! Activities for Creative Teaching and Learning, Luna Pi Books
2001 Review, El Paso Times, El Paso TX
2000 The Book of Kayiané Rebecca, Luna Pi Books
2000 Getting It: A Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Art, Houghton Mifflin Company
2000 “What I Learned: Notes from an Unintentional Author,” Bridge Quarterly, El Paso TX
1999 Getting It: A Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Art, Luna Pi Books
1998 The Mechanics of Memory, El Paso Holocaust Museum
1996 Catalog essay, Transpositionen, Galerie M, Berlin, Germany
1996 “Rodin on the Rio,” guest editorial, El Paso Times
1992 Guest editorial, El Paso Times
1992 Quarterly essays and reviews, El Paso Border Review
1989 Quarterly reviews, Artweek, Los Angeles CA
1988 “Los Esmeltianos,” fall issue, Artspace, AlbuquerqueNM
1988 “The Artist as Steward,” Forum, Kansas City KS
1986-88 Weekly art reviews, El Paso Herald-Post
1988 “Lindsay Holt II,” Artspace Magazine, Albuquerque NM
1988 Quarterly reviews, Artspace Magazine
1987 “Suite Scenes,” Artspace Magazine
1987 “Reality Reconsidered,” Artweek
1987 “The Function of Particular Memory,” Artweek
1987 “A Quest for Cumulative Meaning,” Artweek
1986 “Construction and Spirit,” Artweek
SOLO & FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Invoking Light," solo exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art
2019 "Evidence: Art + Lives," two-person show with Ray Parish at Tubac Center for the Arts
2018 "Art + Lives," two-person show with Ray Parish at Gallery 2Sun, Tucson AZ
1018 "Genesis Revisited," Gallery 2Sun Vault, Tucson AZ
2016 "Genesis Revisited," UTEP, lecture(s0 and exhibitions, El Paso TX
2013 Photographs, El Paso Public Library, Main Branch, El Paso TX
2013 "Show & Tell," The Tequila Factory, Puerto Peñasco MX
2012 "Show and Tell," Baja Hotel, Puerto Peñasco MX
2011 "Show & Tell," Glasbox, El Paso TX
2010 Forum Art and Culture, El Paso TX
2010 Xochitl’s, Cholla Bay, Sonora MX
2007 Under the Sun Gallery, El Paso TX
2005 Zane-Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2004 "A Show of Gladness," UTEP Union Gallery, El Paso TX
2003 "Post-Traumatic Stress Series," La Union NM
2001 Pennebaker Gallery, Jackson MS
2001 By Invitation Only, La Union NM
1999 "Black-White-Other," Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso
1997 "Local Color: Three Portrait Painters," Adair Margo Gallery
1995 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX
1995 Richland College, Dallas TX
1995 "Pattern Language," Women and their Work, Austin TX
1994 "Picture, Pattern, Paint," Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso TX
1994 Gaier Contemporary Gallery, Orlando FL
1994 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX
1991 "Vision/Revision," Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso TX
1990 Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, Houston TX
1990 Blanche Beckerman Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM
1989 Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1989 "Boon Circuit," Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso TX
1987 "Free Speech," Momenta Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1987 "One World: A Series of Meditations," UTEP Glass Gallery
1986 "Free Speech," Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland OR
1986 Union Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso
1984 "Public Exposure," Women’s Building, Los Angeles
1983 "Public Exposure," Ball State University, Muncie IN
1980 Gulf-South Gallery, McComb MS
1979 Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian MS
1978 Galleria Pergola, San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Permanent Collection, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
2013 UTEP Pickaxe Invitational, El Paso TX
2012 "The Inquisitive Eye," El Paso Museum of Art
2012 UTEP Biennial Facutly Exhibition, El Paso TX
2010 University of Montana, Bozeman MT
2007 "The Mississippi Story," Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson MS
2007 "Border Massive," Under the Sun Gallery, El Paso TX
2007 Biannual Faculty Exhibition, UTEP, El Paso TX
2007 "Texas 100," Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso TX
2006 "Texas 100," El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
2006 5X7, Arthouse Invitational, Austin TX
2006 Biannual Faculty Exhibition, UTEP, El Paso TX
2005 "El Paso: Past, Present, Future," International Museum of Art, El Paso TX
2004 Border Art Residency Site Exhibition, El Paso TX
2004 El Paso: Past, Present, Future, El Paso Chamber of Commerce, TX
2004 Borderlands, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
2004 30th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
2004 UTEP Department of Art faculty exhibition, El Paso TX
2004 "SoQ: Art of Southern New Mexico," Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe
2003 Summer Art Invitational, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
2002 Snapshots, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore MD
2002 Art Windows, El Paso International Airport, El Paso TX
2000 El Paso Museum of Art
1999 Binacional Exposicion del Arte, New Mexico State University
1998 Chihuahua Museum of Art, Ciudad Chihuahua, MX
1997 Binacional Expo, Museum of Fine Arts, Juarez, Mexico
1996 Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso TX
1994 Texas International, University of Texas at El Paso
1993 Texas Biennial, Dallas TX
1993 Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso TX
1992 "Primarily Paint," Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin TX
1992 Sena Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1991 Capirotada: Eight El Paso Artists, El Paso Museum of Art, TX
1991 Texas Art Celebration, Houston TX
1990 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
1990 Texas Art Celebration, Houston TX
1990 Visions of Excellence, Albuquerque NM
1988 Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso TX
1983 Anderson University, Anderson IN
1982 Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN
1982 Ball State University, Muncie IN
1981 "Fifty Women Artists," Mississippi Art Association
1980 Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian MS
REVIEWS OF WORK
2019 Desert Modern and Beyond, El Paso Museum of Art
2007 The Mississippi Story, by Patty Carr Black
2007 Mississippi Magazine, article on Elizabeth Johnson
2006 Texas 100 Catalog essay by Christian Gerstheimer, El Paso Museum of Art
2004 Artlies, by Stephanie Taylor
2002 The Northside Sun, Jackson MS
2001 The Tulanian, New Orleans LA, by Jennifer Ellis
2001 Alexandria Times, Alexandria LA, by Alice Story
2000 El Paso Times, El Paso TX, by Rex Koontz
1999 Tacoma City Paper, Tacoma WA, by Alec Clayton
1990 Montrose Voice, Houston TX
2019 Desert Modern and Beyond, El Paso Museum of Art
2007 The Mississippi Story, by Patty Carr Black
2007 Mississippi Magazine, article on Elizabeth Johnson
2006 Texas 100 Catalog essay by Christian Gerstheimer, El Paso Museum of Art
2004 Artlies, by Stephanie Taylor
2002 The Northside Sun, Jackson MS
2001 The Tulanian, New Orleans LA, by Jennifer Ellis
2001 Alexandria Times, Alexandria LA, by Alice Story
2000 El Paso Times, El Paso TX, by Rex Koontz
1999 Tacoma City Paper, Tacoma WA, by Alec Clayton
1990 Montrose Voice, Houston TX
COLLECTIONS
Dan Rather Center, University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Art, University of Texas at El Paso
Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian MS
Dr. Steve and Carol Johnson, El Paso TX
El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso TX
Stewpot Ministries, Jackson MS
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson MS
El Paso Holocaust Museum, El Paso TX
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
Lone Star Park, Dallas TX
Southwest Properties Group, Dallas TX
George and Ellen Needham, New York NY
Maria Davis, Boston MA
Dr. Karen Houston, Brandon MS
Dr. Peter Polatin and Emily Clark, Washington DC
Ashby Foote, Jackson MS
Museum Concepts, Arlington VA
Dan Rather Center, University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Art, University of Texas at El Paso
Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian MS
Dr. Steve and Carol Johnson, El Paso TX
El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso TX
Stewpot Ministries, Jackson MS
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson MS
El Paso Holocaust Museum, El Paso TX
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
Lone Star Park, Dallas TX
Southwest Properties Group, Dallas TX
George and Ellen Needham, New York NY
Maria Davis, Boston MA
Dr. Karen Houston, Brandon MS
Dr. Peter Polatin and Emily Clark, Washington DC
Ashby Foote, Jackson MS
Museum Concepts, Arlington VA
